Has anyone had any issues with brake pads being slightly smaller than OE pads?
I ordered some Uber bike components race matrix pads a couple of years ago for my XT brakes and only fitted them about two weeks ago (I got them on offer as a spare set for the toolbox). When holding the brakes on and gently rocking the bike you can feel and see the pads sliding slightly. I've taken the pads out and they're a tiny bit smaller than the Shimano pads which is causing the play.
During a ride it does click when slamming the brakes on as the pads move and they do work but it's a little off putting!
Slightly smaller width but seems marginally taller and a thicker pad...my experience of Uber Brakes SRAM Code RSC pads, but they work brilliantly.
Have experienced this in the past yes, albeit only slightly. Have also experienced it the other way, where pads barely wanted to fit into the brakes they were designed to be run in without a slight resizing of the backing plate with a file or some emery paper...
Recently fitted some Tech4 V4's to my new eBike, and the OEM pads are by far the loosest brake pads in any brake I have ever encountered, and there's quite a lot of pad movement/rattle in them, though it's not really noticeable when riding... Certainly far less concerning than the fact that even with a 220mm rotor up front, they are woefully underpowered compared to what I have been used to and what I was expecting!
During a ride it does click when slamming the brakes on as the pads move and they do work but it's a little off putting!
As its the pads moving that tiny bit, you could apply a tiny bit of brake to 'set' the pads.
Then you can mentally think to yourself... Brakes Charged !
Yeah, I noticed this with Gorilla pads. They were smaller that Shimano pads in every direction.
The Gorilla pads were cheaper than Shimano but it was proportionate to the amount of friction material. It worked out cheaper to buy Shimano pads because you got more material.
(yes, I was bored)
Also it worked out significantly cheaper buy OE because the Gorilla pads lasted less than one ride. First ride killed a pair in about 20 miles of Surrey winter grit. Second pair did about 30 miles before they wore through to the metal and killed the disc by the time I'd got back to the car.
